Type X submarine - Wikipedia
WEBAt 2,710 tonnes submerged and fully loaded, they were the largest German U-boats ever built, and they had to sacrifice diving speed and agility. Service history. Six of the eight boats built were sunk during the war (four with all hands) but two survived World War II.
Wreck of Nazi Germany’s Most Advanced U-Boat Discovered
WEBApr 24, 2018 · As George Dvorsky at Gizmodo reports, U-3523 was a type XXI U-boat, the Third Reich’s most advanced long-range submarine. Some researchers have speculated that the wreck could have been used to...
Type XXI submarine - Wikipedia
WEBType XXI submarines were a class of German diesel–electric Elektroboot (German: "electric boat") submarines designed during the Second World War. One hundred and eighteen were completed, with four being combat-ready.
List of most successful German U-boats - Wikipedia
WEBThis list contains the 10 most successful German U-boats during the Second World War based on total tonnage. Both commercial and military vessels are included but only sunk ships are included, not damaged ships.
The Strange Tale of Nazi Germany's Super ... - The National Interest
WEBDec 3, 2016 · U-2511 was one of Germany’s new Type XXI-class “wonder” submarines, and she was hunting for Allied ships. She also represented one of the Third Reich’s biggest failures. More than 250 feet long...
Nazi Germany's Most High-Tech Submarine Has Been Found …
WEBApr 19, 2018 · The sub was a brand-new Type XXI U-boat, hailed as the most advanced Nazi submarine of its time. It was deadly quiet, superfast and allegedly capable of traveling from Europe to South America...
Hitler’s Attack U-Boats: The Kreigsmarine’s WW II Submarine …
WEBFeb 4, 2021 · Radar equipped Type VII had pressurized hulls and utilized G7e (electric) or G7a (internal combustion) propulsion torpedoes, while Type IX was a double-hulled vessel with external tanks and modified bow but was slow diving. A variant, Type IX B, was the most effective U-boat during World War II.
The hunt for Germany's largest warship proved that U-boats were …
WEBMay 24, 2021 · On the night of May 18, 1941, the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen steamed out of its base at Gotenhafen (now Gdynia, Poland), followed five hours later by the Kriegsmarine's crown jewel, the...
The history of Germany's deadly U-boats
WEB1. The largest U-Boat was the U-151 Class . The typical U-Boat was 214 feet long and held 35 men and twelve torpedoes. They could travel underwater for around two hours at a time. The U-151 class was significantly longer, 315 feet in …
U-boat - Wikipedia
WEBThe U-boats failed to enforce a blockade but three sinkings of liners, with loss of American lives, outraged the US so that the Kaiser had to stop the campaign in September 1915: on 7 May 1915 SM U-20 sank RMS Lusitania; on 19 August SM U-24 sank SS Arabic; and on 9 September SM U-20 sank RMS Hesperian.
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